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The 11th edition of the Green Events & Innovations Conference – the conference for sustainability at live events, is now open for registration. The event, which is run by A Greener Festival, in partnership with the International Live Music Conference (ILMC) will take place Tuesday 5 March 2019, at the Royal Garden Hotel, Kensington, in … Continue reading Green Events & Innovations (GEI11) Conference 2019 Announced! (PR)

You may have noticed from this blog that my summer season is always super crazy! From end of April til early September I had somewhere to be every weekend, most of them festivals. I had one weekend day free, the 18th of August, and I had it booked in my calendar as a chilled sofa … Continue reading Elrow Town London 2018 – Fatboy Slim

In 2017, Bestival moved from the Isle of Wight to Dorset, and in 2018, it moved from it's traditional September dates to the first weekend in August. I went last year and wrote a review here, but couldn't go this year as I'd already booked to go to Brighton Pride when the new dates were … Continue reading Bestival 2018 (Guest Review: Mat Smith & Grace Jessup)

2018 was my first year at Boomtown as a ticket holder, but my 6th Boomtown in total, and of course, even though for the first time I had no shifts, I still feel like there was such much I missed! I had the BEST time though and I just wish I could have cloned myself … Continue reading Boomtown Fair 2018 – The Machine Cannot Be Stopped

ticket day has been announced! Glastonbury Festival Ticket Release Dates: Coach Tickets = 4th October, 6pm Main Sale = 7th October, 9am View more ticket info straight from Glastonbury themselves here I'm reposting one of my earliest blogs as it's very relevant right now in the lead up to Ticket Day! This is the strategy … Continue reading Glastonbury 2019 Ticket Sale – how to maximise success

It's Britney, b*tch! I'd never been to Pride in Brighton before but it's always been on my to-do list. So when it was announced at the beginning of the year that none other than Britney Spears would be headlining, my friends and I jumped on the chance. I never realised that part of Pride is actually … Continue reading Brighton Pride 2018 – Britney Spears

As you may have read in my "What To Pack" post, there are lots of necessary things you need to bring to festivals in order to have a good time. Sturdy, waterproof tent, all weather clothing, good shoes, torch... then there's also a list of essential toiletries and little things. Preparing for a festival means … Continue reading Pic ‘N’ Mix Festival Kit – Company Spotlight